sanitaeter over 5 years ago [hidden] This is strange! The breech looks like a left-handed version and there is a caplock?! A "love child" of the Springfield and a muzzle loading musket?Could it be, that this picture was mirrored? If she fires THAT caplock from her right shoulder, she'll get some nasty burns in her face. Updated over 5 years ago 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
Algester over 5 years ago [hidden] sanitaeter said:This is strange! The breech looks like a left-handed version and there is a caplock?! A "love child" of the Springfield and a muzzle loading musket?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861not exactly a "love child" call it her Civil War grandma 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
sanitaeter over 5 years ago [hidden] Algester said:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861not exactly a "love child" call it her Civil War grandmaStill the lock is on the wrong side and there is a lever for a breech-loading mechanism. Springfield M1861 X M1903 hybrid???Reminds me of film-props, where modern guns are fitted with the trimmings of muzzle-loaders to fit the period.Some searches later: There WAS a breech-loading Springfield with a caplockish feature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_model_1873 Updated over 5 years ago 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
Algester over 5 years ago [hidden] sanitaeter said:Still the lock is on the wrong side and there is a lever for a breech-loading mechanism. Springfield M1861 X M1903 hybrid???Reminds me of film-props, where modern guns are fitted with the trimmings of muzzle-loaders to fit the period.Some searches later: There WAS a breech-loading Springfield with a caplockish feature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_model_1873yep the Trapdoor Springfield as colloquially knownhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jckv3dfwvSYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F49D67pJEYbecause there's was a reproduction for the trapdoor springfields 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link